Back in my student days, before I started my job at Black Dog Books, I worked in hospitality. From small, dingy, hip cafes to fine dining restaurants, I’ve worked as a waitress, a barista, and cafe assistant. I’ve worked in the cities and out in the suburbs. I even worked on a paddle boat once. After all these years of experience I noticed the same joke come up time and time again. It goes something like this…

I say, “Would you like sugar with your coffee?”

And the customer says, “No thanks, I’m sweet enough already.”

When I read, Katrina Germein’s My Dad Thinks He’s Funny it all made sense. These men (and yes they were all men who said it!) were masters of the bad, cringe-worthy Dad joke. You know the ones. The jokes that only Dads seem to find funny.

This week we’ll be giving away this hilarious picture book.

For your chance to win all you have to do is tell us your best (or should I say worst?) Dad joke. The winner will be announced next Wednesday.

Question:
“What’s this?(Wagging little finger up and down)”
Answer:
“It’s a micro-wave!”
The laughter that came afterwards was funnier than the joke, but the joke is cute too. Try it on a little friend, they love it.

Oh God. My dad once told this joke about the road and going around and something or other. None of us could actually understand it at all, but we laughed along with him. Because that’s what you’re meant to do.

My dad snorts when he laughs and no more so than when he is laughing at his own jokes which he believes are absolute side spliters. The one he loves the most is easily the most annoying to my young unsuspecting children. It goes like this…

“Knock Knock”
“Who’s there?”
“John”
“John Who”
“John The Baptist” and with that he flicks water into their faces and roars with laughter!